@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14691,
            	author={Acemoglu, Daron and Ajzenman, Nicolas and Aksoy, Cevat Giray and Fiszbein, Martin and Molina, Carlos},
            	title={(Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support},
            	year={2021},
	month={Aug},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={14691},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14691},
	abstract={Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within-country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic institutions. We bolster these baseline findings using an instrumental-variables strategy exploiting regional democratization waves and focusing on immigrants' exposure to democracy before migration. In all cases, the timing and nature of the effects are consistent with a causal interpretation. We also establish that democracies breed their own support only when they are successful: all of the effects we estimate work through exposure to democracies that are successful in providing economic growth, peace and political stability, and public goods.},
	keywords={institutions;economic growth;democracy;support for democracy;values},
            }